There's
no need
for keeping scoreI'm not
playing
anymoreI
checked out
of your hotelnow
you've
got it to yourselfYou
could choke
a dinosauras you
tango
'cross the floorin your
thousand-dollar
shoesguess
you haven't
heard the news

You
lose, you
losehey
blind boy
sing the bluesYou lose

Superstition's
in the airlights
up your
electric chairand did
you
know I loved you soa long
time
agoBut
everything
will run its courseand you
bet
on the darkest horseNow
you're
holding out your handyou
don't seem
to understand

Lately
I find
thatI'm
casting
my mind backto when
I was
youngHope
was a
bright thingdressed
up
in glad ragsand
tumbledown
funElectric
trains
would take me awaywith no
thought
of timeand
colouring
books were full of the lifeI
thought was
mineI try
to remember
how it feltI want
to get
back to that placewhere I
can
look at the world with a
smile
on my face

There
was a
patiencea trust
in
tomorrowwhere
are they
now?I took
a wrong
turnfollowed
it
too farand
lost me
somehowI need
to dig
down deeper againand get
past
the liesthen I
can
face up to what I'm afraid oflearn
how to
flyinto
the shelter
of your armsout to
the
wide open spacethen I
can
look at the worldwith a
smile
on my face

I
try to remember
how it feltI want
to get
back to that placewhere I
can
look at the world with a
smile
on my facesmile
on my
face

You
believe
the world is flatsailing
toward
the edge of your imaginationstubborn
as
a Spanish kingyou
don't approve
of any kind of exploration nowAll the
wonders
that you'll missstanding
on
your welcome matyou
believe
the world is flat

Watching
as
the compass spinswhen
you're
lost you're given to exaggerationTales
of love
and life againtelling
me
experience is cheap, so cheapif I
try to
change your mindit
always leads
to 'that is that'you
believe
the world is flat

But
your world
is my worldand
when they
collidethere'll
be
a new daythat
can't
be denied

And
after all
life goes onfinding
that
there's more dimensions than you ever knewNothing
left
for you to dotearing
up
the charts and mapsoh, the
world
was flat

Am I
to blameif
you've come
to think of friendshipas
something
you can conquer and divideIt
seems such
a shame that
you keep
the very best partsof who
you
are buried deep insideAnd
you've
got a name for the deeds I've doneand you
call
me everything

Under
the sunand
you're
the one who shinesbut in
the
end it all becomes another shadowunder
the sun

All
these complicated
thoughtsthat
are running
through my mind when I'm with youYou
push me
away'cause
you
love to play the martyrand it
doesn't
matter if your cause is trueThere'll
come
a day when you'll lose someoneand I'd
give
you everything

Under
the sunand
you're
the one who shinesbut in
the
end it all becomes another shadowunder
the sun

There'll
come
a day when you'll lose someoneand I'd
give
you everything

Under
the sunand
you're
the one who shinesbut in
the
end it all becomes another shadowunder
the sun

I
don't mean
to hurt you, but I hurt youeverytime
you
come aroundAll my
words
are loaded. Secret codedfor the
purpose
of puttin' you downbut
when I
hear you cryin'makes
me feel
like the punchlinein some
cruel
cosmic jokeStanding
helpless
as love goes up in smoke

I
can't take
these movies, runnin' through meas I
look at
my disgraceMakes
me want
to cower in a cornerwhen I
see
how I'm being replacedI wish
that
I could tell youbut
when words
of the heart are requiredI
always chokestanding
helpless
as love goes up in

smoke
before
my eyesnothing
solid
around me to prevent mefrom
floating
away into the sky aboveSo if
you hear
me cryingits
just over
the punchlineto some
cruel
cosmic jokeStanding
helpless
as loves goes upoh so
helpless
as love goes upMan
it's hopeless
when love goes up in smoke

Insects
and
angels, they come to my windowletting
me
know that you're outside my windowbeautiful
girlInsects
and
angels, they swing from the treetophow
just the
sight of you makes everything stopbeautiful
girlShow me
a love
that was ever so purewith
nothing
to spoil the viewnever
to declare
myself to you

Insects
and
angels they take up collectionthe
mums and
the marigolds stand at attentionbeautiful
girlShow me
a love
that was ever so chastewith
nothing
to spoil the viewnever
to declare
myself to you

The
longest
day comes
wrapped
in string and paperwith no
name
and no addressit's
anybody's
guesswhere
we're
going

The
shades of
grayit's
easy to
convince yourselfthe
good outweighs
the badthen I
just
get madat what
I am
going throughand I
know
you don't love meas much
as
you'd have me believeWe know
you
don't love melike I
love
you

And
then it's
nightI have
another
dreamwith no
name
and no addressit's
anybody's
guesswhere
we're
going

And
I know you
don't love meas much
as
you'd have me believeWe know
you
don't love melike I
love
youYou
know that
I doDon't
paint
me blueYou
know that
it's trueThe
longest
day came wrapped in string and paperwith no
name
and no address

Now
they're
cutting the stringand
soon you'll
fly awayTime
for making
a wishthen
hold on
tightWe
won't do
anythingbut
miss you
everydayso
don't forget
to write

When
you're
walking in ruins that
fell so
long agowhen
you're
thinking aboutshadows
and
lightSpare a
thought
for the oneswho
miss you
here at homeand
don't forget
to write

We
want to hear
how you're doingwe want
to
hear that you're okaywe want
to
hear 'bout the weathereven if
it
rainsWe want
to
know that you're happybut
darling
more than thatwe want
to
know when you're planningto come
back

You
know we're
keeping your roomjust
the way
it waswith a
picture
of youflying
a kiteNo one
else
in the worldcould
love
you half as muchso
don't forget
to write